Participation of students with moderate to severe disabilities in the general curriculum: The effects of the self-determined learning model of instruction

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-241

  Agran, Martin ^a   Cavin, Michael ^b   Wehmeyer, Michael ^c   Palmer, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to the general curriculum; Problem solving; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846529488     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154079690603100303     Document Type: Article

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